Alexian Brothers Health System

Alexian Brothers Health System, operating as Ascension Technologies, is a tax-exempt nonprofit hospital organization based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, that receives federal research and public health grant funding as a prime recipient and subrecipient. The vendor holds a single prime federal grant and two subaward positions across mental health services and clinical research, with combined federal obligations of $2.1 million.

Ascension Technologies operates exclusively in the federal grant space — it holds no federal prime contracts or contract vehicles. The vendor's prime footprint consists of a five-year project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services) for the C3 (Community Connect to Care) initiative, awarded December 31, 2022, with ultimate completion set for September 29, 2026. This project grant funds mental health awareness training for teachers, school staff, counselors, professors, and community partners working with youth and young adults in the Chicago metropolitan area, using Youth Mental Health First Aid as a curriculum foundation and targeting children ages 8–11 and young adults ages 19–24 with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance use, self-injury, suicidal ideation, and other mood disorders.

Customer concentration centers on two agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke accounts for two awards (both subawards under Northwestern University as prime grantee for the Rhythm Evaluation for Anticoagulation with Continuous Monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation Trial, awarded October 21, 2025 and December 11, 2023), while SAMHSA accounts for the single prime grant. Activity remains sparse and episodic — one award per year in 2022 and 2023, then a gap before a subaward placement in 2025. One award (the SAMHSA prime grant) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a recompete cliff for that single grant in the September 2026 window.